Enjoy Wine, Food, and Travel with Karl MyWinePal
Yes, Pinot Noir is the signature red wine grape for New Zealand, and Sauvignon Blanc is their signature white grape. I asked this question as Sauvignon Blanc can get most of the world’s attention with its greater extent of vines (at 20,497 ha as of 2015), compared to the next largest production of Pinot Noir at 5,514 ha. Pinot Noir…
Each year, New Zealand wine makers come to Canada to show us their latest wines. I enjoy tasting the fresh fruit of New Zealand wines, trying the latest vintages from wineries I know about already, and discovering new wineries to our market. New Zealand and BC have been commercially producing wines from vitis vinifera vines for about the same length…
Did you know that in New Zealand there are 25 varieties of grapes planted in commercial quantities for wine production? But two of those varieties stand out, as the signature grapes of New Zealand: Pinot Noir and Sauvignon Blanc. Today I would like to dish on some New Zealand Sauvignon Blancs that I tried during the “New Zealand in a…
